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xuuto's avatar
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Laravel 8 date picker data is missing error for date field

i have a field in my model role_start_date, and that field is date in my migration

i set a mutator to save it with date like below code


    public function setRoleStartDateAttribute($date)
    {
        $this->attributes['role_start_date'] = Carbon::CreateFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date)->format('Y-m-d');
    }

and in my controller

			$partnerRole->role_start_date = $request->role_start;

but when i try to store that model i get an error for this date field which says

   Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidFormatException
  Data missing

and my bootstrap 4 date picker format is

   $(function () {
                $('#datepicker').datepicker({
                    // format: "mm/dd/yy",
                    format: "d/m/yyyy",
                    // format: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
                    weekStart: 0,
                    calendarWeeks: true,
                    autoclose: true,
                    title: 'Role Start Date',
                    todayHighlight: true,
                    orientation: "auto"
                });
            });

how can i fix that problem. data is missing error for date value

thanks in advance.

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SilenceBringer's avatar

@xuuto possible your date coming in format different to d/m/Y

Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date)

possible it's m/d/Y?

xuuto's avatar
Level 2

my bootstrap date picker format is d/m/YYYY as i updated my question to show date picker format

xuuto's avatar
Level 2

iam getting the same result data is missing.

Snapey's avatar

dump the request so that you know exactly

xuuto's avatar
Level 2

when i dd($request->all);

iam getting this data bellow.

   array:6 [▼
  "_token" => "OfSSLl6u9vFuPnyso8oAdZfxBKqEpAF0na6wMSuR"
  "gallery_id" => "4"
  "partner_id" => "3"
  "role_id" => "8"
  "role_start" => "28/07/2021"
  "role_end" => null
]

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